Brian Rast
Brian Rast just won a couple of nice-sized pots to move his stack closer to the million-chip mark.
In the first, Rast found himself all in on the turn against Bruno Fitoussi with the board showing . Rast had for aces, but Fitoussi had for two pair. However, the on the river paired the board, counterfeiting Fitoussi's hand and giving Rast the huge 800,000-chip pot. Fitoussi was down to 200,000 after that one.
In the next hand, Rast called Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott's all in of approximately 100,000. Rast showed , well behind Ulliott's . But the flop brought Rast his needed seven -- -- and no king came on the turn or river to save Devilfish. Ulliott is out, and Rast is up to 910,000.
RaSZi - Million Dollar Man
On a board of Michael DeMichele gets it all in against Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis. DeMichele showed but Veldhuis rolled over for quads eights!
Veldhuis took the pot and eliminated DeMichelle in a pot of over 600,000. Still stacking chips, Veldhuis appears to be the first player in this $40,000 event to break the million chip mark.
Brian Townsend
Just had a big chip shift occur between Brian Townsend and Mark Seif.
Johannes Strassmann opened with a raise of 16,000 from the hijack seat, and Seif reraised to 41,000 from the button. Townsend then repopped it to 100,000 from the big blind. Strassmann folded, and Seif made the call.
The flop came . Townsend bet 86,000, and Seif called. Both checked the on the turn. When the appeared on the river, Townsend pushed 295,000 chips into the middle, leaving himself just a few behind. Seif tanked for some time, then made the call.
Townsend showed for top pair, top kicker, and Seif mucked. Townsend is now closing in on the million-chip mark with 950,000, while Seif is back down to 155,000.
After Chris Moore and Steve Weinstein had both limped, Andrew "good2cu" Robl raised from the button 26,500, then Chau Giang raised all in from the big blind for his last 65,000. Both the limpers folded, and Robl made the call.
Giang showed , while Robl turned over . The board came , and Giang moved back up to 160,000. Robl now has 280,000.
On a board of Chris Moorman got it all in with a set of sevens, however, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow held pocket tens, giving him top set. Moorman failed to hit a miracle one outer on the river and was eliminated from the tournament.
Jess Yawitz
J.C. Tran opened from early position and Jess Yawitz moved all in for a bit over 100,000. Tran made the call and their hole cards revealed a classic race situation.
Yawitz
Tran
An ace on the flop and a king on the turn gave the pot to Tran and Yawitz met his tournament end. After the hand, Tran's stack soared past 500,000.
Lee Markholt moved all in from late position for 85,000 and was called by Evan McNiff in the small blind. Markholt showed pocket eights, but McNiff had one better with pocket nines.
The board came eliminating Markholt from the tournament.
Short-stacked and needing a rapid chip infusion, Matt Giannetti pushed from the button with and Alan Sass quickly called with . The board ran out , no help for Giannetti and he hit the rail.
. Rast had 
for aces, but Fitoussi had 
for two pair. However, the 
on the river paired the board, counterfeiting Fitoussi's hand and giving Rast the huge 800,000-chip pot. Fitoussi was down to 200,000 after that one.
. But the flop brought Rast his needed seven -- 
-- and no king came on the turn or river to save Devilfish. Ulliott is out, and Rast is up to 910,000.
Michael DeMichele gets it all in against Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis. DeMichele showed 
for quads eights! 
on the turn. When the 
appeared on the river, Townsend pushed 295,000 chips into the middle, leaving himself just a few behind. Seif tanked for some time, then made the call.
against the 
and Lichtenberger hit the rail.
, while Robl turned over 
Chris Moorman got it all in with a set of sevens, however, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow held pocket tens, giving him top set. Moorman failed to hit a miracle one outer on the river and was eliminated from the tournament.
against Michael DeMichele's 
and Alan Sass quickly called with 
. The board ran out 
